patraeus's meeting was comprehensive. it added to our ability to make judgments about what is a failure of intelligence. his interactions with other agencies -- i appreciate his service. >> [indiscernible] >> i cannot say because of security implications. i am very restrictive and what i can say. i consider the chairman and the ranking member -- because of the rules of the committee. the evidence very clear that ambassador rice used the talking points that the intelligence committee had also signed off on. she used the unclassified talking points that were signed off on by the entire intelligence community. criticisms of her are completely unwarranted. that is very clear. >> are you able to say whether the cia called it a terrorist attack within the first 24 hours, and it did it include al qaeda? >> i do not think i should respond to that because of the questions as classification. what is very clear is that ambassador rice use the unclassified talking points that the entire intelligence community had signed off on. and s